[Dxspider-support] Page lenght

Dirk Koopman djk at tobit.co.uk
Tue Apr 1 21:28:32 BST 2025


The page length is the number of lines in the scroll buffer it is 
nothing to do with the size of the console. You can scroll back and 
forth in the console with the page up and page down keys. It could be 
changed to make this clearer.

On 4/1/25 18:45, Kirill Ryabov via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Ken I'm talking about console window not terminal window.
> I can resize terminal window but this does not change the page lenght.
> For example, if I type 'sum' or 'read #msgno' with IK5ZUK 425 DX News 
> bulletin in console I can see only ending of the output, but if I do 
> 'set/page 50' I see kind of pagination of the output (Press Enter to 
> continue, A to abort).
>
> 73
> Kirill
> R5ACQ
>
> 01.04.2025 19:38, Ken Sharman via Dxspider-support пишет:
>> Hi Kirill and Keith
>> You can change the terminal size,
>> Oper the terminal, go to edit and preferences.
>> Click the display tab
>> There you can adjust the terminal screen size and it should stay that 
>> size until you reset it.
>> Works for me even after a reboot
>>
>> Ken G7VJA
>> GB7HTL
>>
>> On 1 Apr 2025 17:06, "Keith, G6NHU via Dxspider-support" 
>> <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Kirill,
>>
>>     I have the same thing, I ssh into my RPi and open the console and
>>     it always shows that, even after I added the command to my
>>     /spider/scripts/g6nhu file, it applies the page length I
>>     specified and then it applies 495 lines straight after.
>>
>>     https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/2025-February/019816.html
>>
>>     There’s a video of mine here: https://g6nhu.co.uk/login.mp4
>>
>>     I really want it to set at 49 but it won’t stick.
>>
>>     73 Keith
>>     On 1 Apr 2025 at 16:46 +0100, Kirill Ryabov via Dxspider-support
>>     <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>, wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Sysops
>>         When I run console I got 'Page Length is now 495 lines'. If I do
>>         'set/page 50' it works but after restart it again showing 495
>>         lines.
>>         I wonder how and where can I change console page lenght to 50
>>         lines
>>         constanly?
>>
>>         73
>>         Kirill
>>         R5ACQ
>>
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